Hosea 6

1 'Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.

來吧，我們歸向耶和華！ 他撕裂我們，也必醫治； 他打傷我們，也必纏裹。

2 After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

過兩天他必使我們甦醒， 第三天他必使我們興起， 我們就在他面前得以存活。

3 And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.'

我們務要認識耶和華， 竭力追求認識他。 他出現確如晨光； 他必臨到我們像甘雨， 像滋潤田地的春雨。

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.

主說：以法蓮哪，我可向你怎樣行呢？ 猶大啊，我可向你怎樣做呢？ 因為你們的良善如同早晨的雲霧， 又如速散的甘露。

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light.

因此，我藉先知砍伐他們， 以我口中的話殺戮他們； 我施行的審判如光發出。

6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.

我喜愛良善，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識上帝，勝於燔祭。

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.

他們卻如亞當背約， 在境內向我行事詭詐。

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood.

基列是作孽之人的城， 被血沾染。

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.

強盜成群，怎樣埋伏殺人， 祭司結黨，也照樣在示劍的路上殺戮， 行了邪惡。

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

在以色列家，我見了可憎的事； 在以法蓮那裏有淫行， 以色列被玷污。

11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee! When I would turn the captivity of My people,

猶大啊，我使被擄之民歸回的時候， 必有為你所命定的收場。